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Well, some bad news today...I injured my knee a few weeks ago. I was getting a sharp pain on the outside of my kneecap on my right knee after running. Afterwards it would hurt walking up or down stairs. I ignored it and took every other day off thinking it would go away. Unfortunately it has not, and it is now worse. Talking to a few friends in med school about the injury and they said its either iliotibial band syndrome or popliteal tenosynovitis.
Thankfully, both of these injuries are something that don't require any surgery to heal. I just have to take ibuprofen, ice it, and rest. The amount of rest is the answer no one seems to have though. It can be anywhere from a few days, to a few weeks, to a couple months. I'm going to get a knee brace for my race this sunday, and stay off of it as much as I can before then. The race Sunday is only a 5K so hopefully I'll be able to push through if I have problems. Afterwards, if the knee is still an issue, I'm going to rest a week before the Pittsburgh Marathon Relay. If the knee still hurts after that, I have 2 weeks off before Warrior's Dash, and so on, and so forth. I have no races after Warrior's Dash until late August, so I will try resting atleast 3 weeks after Warrior's Dash if the issue is still there.
Matt was right in the respect that I wouldn't gain any weight since I exercised so much, even though I binged like a mad man. I stepped on the scale today and I'm still at 190. Since I'm not going to be doing much cardio for a while, I'm going to have to go back to dieting to make up for it. Yesterday I stayed right around 2000 which is where I want to be. Anywhere between 1600 and 2000 is my goal until I can get back to running, so I'll be logging my calories again.
Have a great Thursday everyone!
Diet Calendar Entry for 05 May 2011:
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1724 kcal
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Fat: 49.77g | Prot: 105.69g | Carb: 220.80g.
Breakfast: coffee, Cooked Egg White. Lunch: grapes, hellmann, turkey breast, Multigrain Bread . Dinner: hamburger bun, bison. Snacks/Other: chips ahoy, popcorn, combos, reese's miniature, banana, whey protein isolate. more...
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